Cricket News: David Warner withdraws his request to have his lifelong leadership ban reviewed
In a lengthy and scathing statement, David Warner withdrew his appeal against a lifelong captaincy ban with Australia, accusing the review panel of wanting "a public lynching"
David Warner long history of disciplinary run in: received a suspension by Cricket Australia on this day in 2013 for his part in an altercation with England rival Joe RootWarner was implicated in the sandpaper affair at Newlands in 2018 and received a year-long suspension as a result. However, Warner had anticipated that the former punishment would be overturned due to a modification in Cricket Australia's code of conduct.
David Warner's aspirations of guiding the Sydney Thunder in the BBL were ruined on Monday when Jason Sangha was elected captain. Cricket Australia recently changed its code of conduct in reaction to the ball-tampering scandal in 2018, allowing Warner to challenge the lifetime leadership suspension he got.
Warner cannot lead the Thunder since the decision to overturn the lifetime suspension for the first batter has not yet been made. Usman Khawaja, the departing captain of the Thunder, was expected to be replaced by Warner for the 2022–2023 season.
When the 36-year-old plays for the Sydney team this season, he will return to the domestic T20 tournament after a nine-year sabbatical. He is thought to have been persuaded to rejoin the BBL by the prospect of leading the Thunder should his suspension for poor leadership be overturned.
Thunder chose to give Sangha the reins instead; thus, that hasn't happened. Even if Warner's performance merited the captaincy, the Thunder weren't likely to offer him the honour, claims AAP.
However, the independent organisation handling his case has angered the opening batter, who claims that rather than taking into account the merits of his appeal, it wants to perform a destructive retrial of the events in South Africa.
And he has openly abandoned the process on the eve of the second Test against the West Indies in Adelaide.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">David Warner has given up his attempts at having his lifetime leadership ban overturned <br><br>He has launched a scathing attack on the process: <a href="https://t.co/WhNOaksgPN">https://t.co/WhNOaksgPN</a> <a href="https://t.co/uwax3MgEa8">pic.twitter.com/uwax3MgEa8</a></p>— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1600422440223399936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
In a social media post, he stated that "the Review Panel wants to conduct a public trial of me and what happened during the Third Test at Newlands" in part. To have a "cleaning," as the Panel put it, they want to stage a public spectacle. I'm not ready for my family to act as Cricket's dirty laundry washer.
"It appears that the Panel is intended to carry out a public lynching and has only given passing consideration to concerns about player welfare and the interests of Australian cricket.
"Unfortunately, I currently have no other realistic choice except to withdraw my application. I'm not ready to cause further suffering and disturbance for my family or my teammate.